Keynote Presentation

Discussion:

Factual:
1) After the game of Obstacle Golf, where does Henry and Lenina go? (Dongmyung)
2) What do participants do at the Solidarity Service? (Dongmyung)
3) What experiences did the Director have in New Mexican Reservation? (Sangwoo)
4) When does Bernard remember that he left the scent tap on in his house? (Sangwoo)
5) Which animal does Henry compares Bernard to? (Josh)
6) What is the Solidarity Service? (Josh)

Interpretive:
1) How does the relation between sexes show in this section? How do men act towards women? (Dongmyung)
2) Explain how the political power in the World State relate to science and religion? (Sangwoo)
3) Why is being left alone a bad thing? (Sangwoo)
4) What does sex represent in Brave New World? (Dongmyung)
5) How does Henry view death? (Josh)
6) How is the conflict "individual vs society" developed in chp 5 and 6? (Josh)
"When the individual feels, the community reels" (Huxley 94). Interpret the quote. What is the message behind? (Josh)
7) In chapters 5 and 6, Lenina repeats the hynopaedic phrases many times in different situations. What does this tell about the people in the World State? (Josh)

Evalutive:
1) Why do you think Bernard was behaving gloomily at the beginning of chapter 6? (Dongmyung)
2) What are some similarities between modern day world and World State in Brave New World? (Dongmyung)
3) Do you think Brave New World (World State) is a utopia or a dystopia? (Dongmyung)
4) What do you think about Bernard’s life? Do you want to become like him? (Sangwoo)
5) Compare and contrast the life in the World State to our lives. (Josh)